Awards ceremony for the 2020 Multilingual Short Story Competition - Back in pictures

2020 Multilingual Short Story Contest Awards

Organized by Marielle Anselmo and Isabelle Cros
With the participation of Yasmine Khlat and Jean-Simon DesRochers, patron writers of the 2020 edition of the contest.

In 2020, French-speaking students from around the world were invited, as part of the Concours Inalco de la nouvelle plurilingue, to write "in the presence of all the languages of the world", as Édouard Glissant invited us to do. The awards ceremony took place on June 14, 2021 at the Maison de la Poésie as part of the international colloquium Ecrire en langues : litterature, traduction, enseignement. During the evening, the winners were honored: the young Éditions Tangentielles announced the publication of their short stories, and the first four prize-winning texts, as well as those of the competition's sponsor writers, were read by their authors and actress Cécile Dominjon. These polyphonic readings were accompanied by a round-table discussion involving writers, young authors, publishers, organizers and members of the competition jury. Finally, the 2021 edition of the competition was launched.

Find here a selection of photos taken during the event.

View the Inalco Multilingual Short Story Contest 2020 Awards Ceremony on undi May 14, 2021

The winners

Three grand prizes were awarded: the 1st, worth €500, the 2nd €200 and the 3rd €100.
In addition, the first twelve winners had their short stories published alongside two original short stories by sponsors Yasmine Khlat and Jean-Simon DesRochers in the collective work Langues en dialogue(s) (Editions Tangentielles).
Finally, the authors of the first 20 winning short stories were invited to take part in a writing workshop with the competition sponsors.

1st prize: Kyrie Eleison, Valérie ROUMELIOTIS-OTTAVY
2nd prize: L'accent, Jean-Yves PELISSON
3rd prize: Jnawhi, Samia HANACHI

Special Mention from the Patrons: A Babil, Nicolas PAYEN

In addition to the prizewinners' texts, the following short stories can be found in the collective work Langues en dialogue(s) (Editions Tangentielles):

Babel, Eveline SU
Bifurcation, Celia HOSSTETTER
Chaque jour est une vie, Alondra
Fleurs de nostalgie, Paolo FALCONE
La Belle province, Mario GHEZA
La sondité, Renaud DESCAMPS
Les mots déraillés, Werner GABOREAU
Oridjinns, Najat SGHYAR

The 2021 edition is open

The Inalco Plurilingual Short Story Competition 2021 is honored with a very fine double sponsorship with the participation of two French-speaking writers, Carole Martinez and Jean-Luc Raharimanana. "Languages in Danger" will be the theme of this second edition, which introduces a new prize for digital works. French-speaking students from all over the world wishing to take part must submit their short story by August 30, 2021, find information ICI.